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the bassist, keyboard player, and main clown of the ’60s group The Monkees. I was briefly a Monkees fan in my grade 12 year (’66-’67). I liked “Last Train to Clarksville” and “I’m Not Your Stepping Stone”, and even knew and … Continue reading →

A good idea to gear down into Neutral while approaching all these innumerable slippery corners and turnoffs. This added braking effect beyond regular braking adds an extra step of protection  against out-of-control sliding, especially on a quick light change or … Continue reading →

After facing the prospect of half-blindness. Sometimes you get lucky, as I’ve often said. This was all unexpected two years ago, but sometimes things turn out better and you move ahead. I feel I also have more focus and clarity, … Continue reading →

“Humankind cannot bear much reality.”–T.S. Eliot I Am Not Your Negro was a worthy nominee for AA 2016 Best Documentary Feature and has just been released on DVD. Certainly this film is a must-see for black American viewers in search … Continue reading →

doesn’t mean they are smart, are honest with themselves and others, are truly good or nice people, have anything positive to offer, are to be trusted in any depth, or are broadly significant in any meaningful, consequential way. (There are … Continue reading →

“She’s a must to avoid/A complete impossibility”–from a Herman’s Hermits song Boy, doesn’t that say it all about some people, the ones you definitely, clearly have to give a wide berth to or completely ignore. They are just not worth … Continue reading →

simply does not ‘get it’. They are clearing away snow at this point rather than sanding intersections, corners, turning bays, roads, and sidewalks as vehicles continue to crash into others after two disastrous weeks of dangerous icy roads. A clown … Continue reading →

“To think and to be fully alive are the same.” –Hannah Arendt “Thinking is the endeavor to capture reality by the means of ideas.” –Jose Ortega Y Gasset “When the mind is thinking, is it simply talking to itself, asking … Continue reading →

“If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.” –Margaret Atwood “One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him.” –William Ellery Channing “The revelation of Thought takes men out of servitude into Freedom.” … Continue reading →

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” –Hector Berlioz “Time is the reef upon which all of our frail mystic ships are wrecked.” –Noel Coward “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time for … Continue reading →